The range of human nature falls along a bell curve of behavior, with saints at one extreme, and fascists on the other. Most of us fall in the middle. Although it is unlikely that we will all become saintly altruists, leaders can shift the center of gravity of our collective intention in one direction or…
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Author Archives: Jonathan F. P. Rose
The Cognitive and Toxic Ecology of Impoverished Neighborhoods
On April 15th, 2015, Freddie Gray, a 25 year old African American man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police, hand and leg cuffed, and thrown into the police van. In the process, Freddie suffered a spinal cord injury, from which he died. Six police officers were indicted in his death. The death of another young…
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The 2014 John T. Dunlop Lecture given by Jonathan F.P. Rose: “The Entwinement of Housing, Neighborhoods and Wellbeing”
September 29, 2014 America’s Housing Challenges America faces significant housing challenges. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2014 report notes that more than a third of American households and more than 50% of American renters pay more than a third of their income for housing costs (1) And in high cost communities, even middle…
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5 Ways City Transport Systems Must Prepare for the 21st Century
Handling tomorrow’s mega-trends means rethinking today’s infrastructure. Jonathan F.P. Rose Flickr user MTAPhotos In the 21st century, cities face many forces far beyond their control: mega-trends such as dramatic shifts in population, the financial vulnerability of a globally connected economy, resources scarcity, rising income inequality, and an increase in the droughts, floods, heat waves, cold…
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Community Resilience Centers
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Community Resilience Centers – our team’s HUD Rebuild by Design proposal
The Prosperity / Wellbeing Conundrum
Earlier this year, UNICEF released a report comparing the wellbeing of children in 29 of the world’s most advanced nations. The report compiles data on material wellbeing, health, safety, education, behavioral factors, and living environments, in addition to subjective “life satisfaction” surveys from children themselves. The United States landed near the bottom on almost all…
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Resilience lessons from Katrina and Sandy
Prepare for the multiple threats of the 21st century. One of the key failings of the Federal Government’s Homeland Security mandates is that, after 9/11, they prepared New York City for the last threat, a terrorist attack, not the next threat, climate change. Although we must prepare for sea level rise, that is not the…
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